Y37.44
Military operations involving unarmed hand to hand combat
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where Y37.44 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- Y37 Military operations
- Y37.4 Parent Military operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare
- Y37.44 This code Military operations involving unarmed hand to hand combat
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.
Includes
injuries to military personnel and civilians occurring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and operations
Inherited from Y37 — Military operations
Excludes1
military operations involving combat using blunt or piercing object ( Y37.45- )
Excludes1
military operations involving intentional restriction of air and airway ( Y37.46- )
Excludes1
military aircraft involved in aircraft accident with civilian aircraft ( V97.81- )
Inherited from Y37 — Military operations
Excludes1
military operations involving unintentional restriction of air and airway ( Y37.47- )
Excludes1
military vehicles involved in transport accident with civilian vehicle ( V09.01 , V09.21 , V19.81 , V29.818 , V39.81 , V49.81 , V59.81 , V69.81 , V79.81 )
Inherited from Y37 — Military operations
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y37
Inherited from Y37 — Military operations
More Specific Codes
2 codes under Y37.44
Version History
How Y37.44 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentMilitary operations involving unarmed hand to hand combat
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedMilitary operations involving unarmed hand to hand combat
Related Codes
Other codes under Y37.4
- Y37.41 Military operations involving rubber bullets
- Y37.42 Military operations involving firearms pellets
- Y37.43 Military operations involving other firearms discharge
- Y37.45 Military operations involving combat using blunt or piercing object
- Y37.46 Military operations involving intentional restriction of air and airway
- Y37.47 Military operations involving unintentional restriction of air and airway
- Y37.49 Military operations involving other forms of conventional warfare
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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